Water-elevating apparatus.



'L. STOWB.

WATER ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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L. STOWE.

WATER ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1'7 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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' WATER-ELEVATING- APPARATUS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept.9,1913.

Application filed November 17, 1911. Serial No. 660,825.

To all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, LARKIN SToWE, a cit-izen of the United States,residing at Pleasant View, in the county of Whitley and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-ElevatingApparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing.

My improvement relates particularly to water elevating mechanismcomprising a bucket, a windless, and a rope, chain, or similardevice,'leading from the bucketto the Windlass. a V

The object of the, invention is to provide a cheap and durableapparatus, the

operative parts of which vmay be readily' replaced. I 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an upright section showing myimprovement applied to a well; Fig. 2 is a detail view of a pair ofweights; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a bucket; Fig. 3 is a'pla'n of thesame bucket; Fig. 4 is a :detail view of a yoke engaging the hail of thebucket; Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofan ear on the said ear; Fig. .7 isa plan, portionsbeing omitted; Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 9is a detail elevationlo'okin'g toward the right in Fig. 8, the crankbeing omitted.

Referring to said drawings, A,is the well. B is the usual housing forcontaining and supporting the operating members of an apparatus of the.general type toiwhich my improvement relates.

C is a hopper lnto which water is to be discharged from the bucket."-Said hopper is supported by the housing, E.

D is a spout projecting outward" from the outside of the housing andcommunicating with the hopper.

The bucket, 1, has an ordinary bail, 2, hinged to cars, 3, at oppositesides of the bucket. The bucket is supported by a suspension memberconsisting of a wire, chain, or rope, 4, secured to the bail, 2, andpassing thence upward over a. guide pulley, to a Windlass or drum aswill be hereinafter described. 5

At each ear, 3, of the bucket, is a swiveled tube, 5, through each ofwhich extends an upright guide wire, 6. lThe drawings show said guidetubes, 5, secured to the ends of the bail projecting outward from theears, 3. The upper end of each such wire is suitably secured to thehousing, as by means of hooks,

7, secured to the roof of the housing, B,

(see Figs. 1 and 3). The lower end of each such guidewire 'is secured toone of two weights, 8, resting upon or. near the bottom ofthewell. Suchweights are shown separated by means of a spacing tube, 9, and a bindingbolt, 10, extending through said tube and said 'weights.

, Said guide wires prevent said bucket from swinging laterally and alsofrom rotating onjan upright axis; but the turning of said bucket on anaxis extending horizontally through the ears, :3, is permitted. To serveas a substitute for or to cooperate with the swiveled tube, 5, in

preventing the rotation of the bucket, a

yoke, 11, having-a middle slot, 12, and end apertures, 13, is'applied tothe guide wires, -6, and the bail; 2, the latter extending "into saidslot "from below andone of said guide Wires extending through one of theapertures, 13, and the other guide Wire extending through the other ofsaid apertures. Said yoke rests by gravity onthe bail. For the tiltingof the bucket at both limits of its travel, a weighted ear, 14, issecured rigidly to the portion of the rim of the Ebucket which is towardthe hopper, C. Said ear' is'preferably formed by casting and secured'bya removable. bolt, 15, extending through the lower portion 'of said earand the 'wall ofthe bucket, in order that the ear maybe removed andapplied to a new bucket when the old bucket is Worn out. "The-upperportion of said ear extends above the rim of the bucket and has anopening,

16, adapted to receive a hook, 17,.secured to I the hopper andprojecting towardthe'path of thebucket and extending across the path ofsaid car, so that when the bucket rises, said. ear :meets and is. heldby said hook,

while thebucket is drawn higher and made to turn on the bail hinge andon the bearing formed between said ear and said hook,the latter enteringthe opening, 16. While the bucket thus turns, the water which itcontains is poured into the hopper, C. When the water has beendischargedthe rope and through a 5151;, 3Q, in the shift lever.

the bucket are again allowed to descend to the water. lVhen thebucketextends to or into the water, the weight of the ear, 14, tilts thebucket sufiiciently to make it dip, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. .1.I drawing the rope upward, the bucket is again righted, the weight of.the water and the bucket being so large relative to the weight of theear, 14, as to practicallyovercome the latter and cause the bucket toassume the upright position shown in Fig. 1.

The rope, 4, passes over a'guide pulley, 18, in the upper portion of thehousing and thence to thedrum, 19, to which it is secured. Said drum isloose on its shaft, 20, which rests in bearings, 21,-supported by thehousing. The drum and the shaft,are joined by means of a clutch. A.toothedclutch member, 22, loosely surrounds the shaft, 20, and issecured to one end of thedrum. A shiftable clutch member, 23, isfeathered around 22, and is engaged by a clutch fork, 24, .pro- 'jectingrigidly downward from the shiftbar, 25, having its endslidably supportedin ways, 26, in cha' s, 27, supported by the housing, B. i I Y i At theopposite end of the drum, a brake consisting of a rigid brake :block,28, 6X

tends downward from the shift bar, 25, in position to bear against theadjacent end of the drum when the twoclutch membersare disengaged and tostand out of engagement with said drum when said clutch members areengaged.

As will now be readily understood, the shiftable clutch member and thebrake block be alternately engaged by shifting the shift-bar endwisefirst in one direction and then in the-other. "VV'henthe.

clutch is disengaged, the" drum is free to rotatein reverse direction inresponse tothe down-pull of thebucket, exceptingas the drum isrestrained by the brake; r

A shiftllever, 29, is hingedbyone end to a support, 30, on the housingand extends thence horizontally acrosszthe shiftbar and is coupled tothe latter by means of a bolt, 31, extending through said shift :bar andTo prevent said bolt from binding the shift lever, a spacing tube orsleeve, 33, longer than the thickness of the shift lever surroundssaidbolt. 7

On the drum shaft, 20, are a hand crank, 34, and a ratchet wheel, 35. Apawl, 36,'is suitably applied to said ratchet wheel to prevent reverserotation ofsaidshaft.

For automatically moving' the shi ft+bar in the direction for engagingthe clutch, a com tracting spring, 37, is secured by oneendto said barand by the other end-to one ofthe chairs, 27. 7

From the "foregoing description, it will be which controls the bucket isreadily applicable to any ordinary well bucket. If the guide tubes, 5,are used, they can be soldered or otherwise secured to the bail outsideof .each.ear,.3; butthese tubes may be omitted, yoke, 11, beingsuflicient for keepmg the 'Hence the-owner of a well havingithe ordinarybuckettraised bya ropeor chain may apply thisfportion of my improvementby procuring the two guidewires, 6, weights, 8, yoke, 11, ear, 14, andhook, 17.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparatusof thenature described, the combination with asupporting structure, of two upright guide members, a bucket havingazbail, a yoke engaging said bail and slidably engaging said uidemembers, a suspension member engaging said bail above .said yoke,andarotary member in operative relation .with-said suspension member,substantially as described; i 2. In an'apparatusof the naturedescribed,

the combination with-a supporting structure, of two uprlght gu demembers, a EbllCkGt having a ball, a yoke having a slot'recelvlng saidbail'and slidably engaging said guide members, ZL-SUSPGIISIOD memberengaging SiLlClbitll aboveisald yoke,and a rotarymember in. operativerelation with said suspensionamember, substantiallyas described.

3. In an apparatus of the nature described,

- the-combination with a. l1o-using,.of .two up- :right guide members, abucket, guide members swiveled to theouter endsof thebucket bail andslidably engaging said upright guide members, suspension member Lsecuredto='tl1e ba1l,;and a rotary member in operative relation with saidsuspension member, substantially. as described.

4. in an apparatusof the naturedescribed, the combination withasupporting structure,

{of two upright guide members, a bucket,

ears on said bucket, a ;bail having its ends projecting outwardthroughsaid ears, mem: bers swiveled to said bail ends loutside of said earsand tslidably engaging said upright guide members, a suspension membersecured tosaid bail, and a rotarymember in operative relation with saidsuspension member, substantially as described.

'5. Inan apparatus of thenature described,

the combination with asupporting structure, of two upright-guide memberssuspended from saidstructuraa weight-applied to .the lower end of eachsuch guide membergneans located betweensaid weights ,it'or spacing thellat-ter,':a r-bucket in operative relation with said guide members, asuspension member day of November, in the year one thousand secured tosaid bucket, a rotary member in nlne hundred and eleven.

operative relation with said suspension a member, and means for engagingand tilting LARKIN STOWE' said bucket, substantially as described.Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I have signed my F. FREDRIK, name, in presence oftWo Witnesses, this first FRED MAUNEY.

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